Presidential Report Card
Last Updated: July 2014


List of PHS Library Materials:


Gale Virtual Reference Library: PHS Library's collection of electronic reference materials and eBooks published by Gale.

Subscription Databases:

CQ Encyclopedia of American Government: provides answers to the full range of questions that students, government professionals, interested citizens, and other researchers have about the institutions of U.S. government. Extensive section with documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents.

Gale Biography In Context: merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context: is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Student Resources in Context: the premier online resource covering all core subjects from Science to Literature to History. It provides an engaging online experience to help students develop both research and critical-thinking skills while covering the spectrum of student-focused subject matter.
US History in Context provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied topics, issues and cur-rent information from the arrival of Vikings in North America 1,000 years ago to Vietnam, Watergate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It combines Primary Source documents, reference articles, as well as other content such as country and era overview information, full-text periodicals and journals.


World Book Advanced: : Designed for high school and college students, World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.